CCOC Elects New Executive Board Member
Lynn Jones of central Connecticut has been elected to the Connecticut Condo Owners Coalition Executive Board.
Lynn is a lifelong resident of Connecticut and, for the past nineteen years, has been a resident of a common interest community.
“I am familiar with the challenges faced by unit owners and homeowners associations. I became involved with the management of our association when I began to see discrepancies at both the board and management company levels,” Lynn said.
“For the past several years, I have collaborated with other unit owners and board members of our community. http://www.ctcondonews.com/2015/05/09/ccoc-selects-new-executive-board-member/We have been successful in changing the structure of our board twice and in changing management companies. These changes are serving us well as we work towards building a stronger community that we can call home.”
Lynn worked closely with CCOC as she was spearheading the movement to bring professionalism and transparency to her association.
She is also an active member of Connecticut Votes For Animals.
CCOC is delighted to welcome Lynne to the board and is excited about the many contributions she will bring to the leadership team that provides support and awareness to Connecticut’s condo owners.
Is it correct to say that the Condo Association must hold elections for directors once a year and that at least one third of directors positions be expired? Can those directors be reelected or do they have to step down and a new one be voted in? Does the association have to announce before the meeting the new candidates or can this be done at meeting itself? Or Association is old and I’m looking at the Sec. 47-80(b)Bylaws. Need some advice, Our association has had the same directors now for at least the last 5 years.I feel others should be given an opportunity. Thanks
There needs to be elections yearly. State statutes are silent as to the rest of the issues you raise. Check what your documents and bylaws say. Otherwise it is up to unit owners. Condo associations are a form of representative democracies. If the majority of voting unit owners want board members to serve for their lifetimes that is what will happen.
Just a follow up, the board called a meeting to put a new roof at our complex and borrow $250k for five years. The attorney they hired for the closing was at the meeting. Not enough owners showed to give them a 51% of approval( I have to check if that number is correct according to our bylaws). The attorney was instructing the board on how to proceed in order to get enough yes votes and essentially running the meeting. I objected on the grounds that it is a conflict of interest to have her there since we owners haven’t yet approved the loan for the new roof and paying her for it.